Eric Swalwell: I Still Think Trump “Acts on Russia’s Behalf”

What’s the minimum we should expect from a presidential
candidate? The ability to look at a set of facts and come to a coherent
conclusion would be a good first requirement, we believe. That’s apparently
beyond the capabilities of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who appeared on MSNBC
Wednesday to insist that he’d read nothing in the Mueller report to convince
him that President Trump was not a Russian asset. We’re sure Swalwell is joined
by many leftists in this conviction, but wouldn’t you at least be embarrassed by
making that admission on television? Did he even read the report?

We can’t tell, because he was on with Ari Melber spouting
all the same Russia/Trump nonsense that he was spouting before the report was
released. At one point, Melber finally challenged him on his accusations
against the president.

“Do you accept the findings in the Mueller report that do
not support some of those claims?” Melber asked.

“I accept that I probably should have been out there a
little bit earlier because who knew how many links there were? 200 pages of
links,” Swalwell said.

Huh?

Melber tried again, asking Swalwell if he could at least
give up his idea that President Trump is a “Russian asset.”

“No, I think he acts on Russia’s behalf and I challenge him
to show me otherwise,” Swalwell said.

Oh. Allrighty then.

Of course, this is nonsense even in the absence of a Mueller
report. If anything, President Trump has been Vladimir Putin’s worst enemy. He’s
boxed in Iran and stolen their license to build an Islamic empire across the
Middle East, a series of actions that flies directly in the face of Moscow’s
agenda. He’s put extraordinary pressure on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, another
close ally of the Russian president. He’s maintained existing sanctions against
Moscow and added new ones. Don’t think Putin appreciated that.

The only thing Swalwell can talk about is “he wants to
reduce the role of NATO,” which is a baldfaced lie. Trump wants our NATO allies
to pay their fair share, that’s all. And he’s been very successful in getting
them to do just that. That makes NATO more powerful, not less. Again, not in
Putin’s interests.

We already knew that Eric Swalwell was eaten up with a bad
case of the dumbass, but his refusal to accept Mueller’s conclusions proves
that he’s also a partisan hack who isn’t fit for the office of dogcatcher, much
less President.